(3) Who is lord over us (Psalm 12:4) 3. Pharoah questioned God's authority Exodus 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD 4. The wicked in Job's day questioned God's authority Job 21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? 5. Nebuchadnezzar questioned God's authority Daniel 3:15 who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? 6. The Jewish leaders in Jesus' day questioned God's authority Luke 19:14 , We will not have this man to reign over us. Luke 19:27 which would not that I should reign over them 7. God plainly tells the Christian that his body and spirit are God's property 1 Corinthians 6:19 and ye are not your own C. The Justification for God's Indignation (Psalm 12:5)
1. The man threatened a. The oppression of the poor b. The sighing of the needy 2. The promise given a. Now will I arise, saith the LORD. 3. I will set him (the poor and needy) in safety from him (the oppressor) that puffeth at him (the poor and needy).
IV. THE ASSURANCE OF GOD'S HELP (Psalm 12:6-8)
A. In comparison to these lying, false and vain words, we have the Certainty of God's Word (Psalm 12:6-7)
1. The purity of God's WORDS (Psalm 12:6) a. The statement of their purity—"The words of the LORD ARE pure words." Pure: "Free from moral defilement; without spot; not sullied or tarnished; incorrupt; undebased by moral turpitude; holy." b. God's words does not say that the words WERE pure in the original writings. c. The likeness of their purity—"as silver tried in a furnace of EARTH, purified seven times" • Nebuchadnezzar heated the furnace seven times hotter to kill God's servants and it eliminated the impure, not the pure. Daniel 3:19-22 2. The preservation of God's words (Ps
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